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昆布 Kunbu
Chinese Name |
昆布 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Kunbu |
English Name |
Kelp |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Laminariae Thallus Eckloniae Thallus |
Category |
Seaweeds and fungi
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Origin |
The dried leaf-like body of Laminaria japonica Aresch., or Ecklonia kurome Okam.(Laminariaceae). |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Liaoning, Shandong. |
Macroscopic Features |
Laminaria japonica Aresch.: Rolled and folded in lumps or tangled in bundles. Whole body is black-brown or greenish-brown, surface covered with white frost. After soaking in water, it enlarges to a flat long belt-like shape, 50~150cm long, 10~40cm wide, center is relatively thick, edge is relatively thin, creating a rippled appearance. Nearly leathery texture, remnants of stem are flat cylindrical. Fishy odor; salty taste. Ecklonia kurome Okam.: Wrinkled in irregular lumps. Whole body is black, relatively thin. After soaking in water, it enlarges to a flat leaf-shape, about 16~26cm long and wide, about 1.6mm thick; both sides of the leaf have pinniform deep lobes, the lobes are long and tongue-shaped, edge has small teeth or entire. Soft and smooth texture. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material has large leaves, thick body, green color. |
Properties |
Salty; cold. |
Functions |
Softens hardness, disperses binds, disperses phlegm, promotes urination. Apply to gall, scrofula, and swelling pain of testicles, phlegm retention and edema. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00361
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